About the day » Monday December 18, 1865Calender converter

• Adrianus Kruunenberg, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• (Levenloos) Maassen, Loenen († 1865)
• Lucas, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1865)
• Anna Charlotte Bonset, Ternate (Indonesië) († 1905)
• Aloysius Constantinus Thyssen, Herenthout, België († 1951)
• Anna Margaretha Cornelia Vollmer, Dokkum
• Adriaan Geluk, Sint Philipsland († 1939)
• Adrianus Wijtman, Delft, Nederland († 1866)
• Arnolda Diena Steijger, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Alida BAKHUIZEN, Boskoop

• Albert de Vries (45), Medemblik
• Anna Maria SCHEPERS (0), Stein,Gemeente Stein (1982),Limburg,Nederland
• Adriana Koenraadt (1), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kale (0), Kampen
• Anna, Maria SCHEPERS (0), Stein,Provincie Limburg,Nederland
• Antje Freerks Harding (60), Nieuwe Pekela (Groningen)
• Aleida Christina Ketelaar (1), s-Heerenberg (Montferland)
• Anna Cornelia Booghmans (4), Almelo
• Albert de Vries (39), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Kramer (0), Colijnsplaat

• 1856 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1860 » Edward MacDowell, American pianist and composer († 1908)
• 1861 » Lionel Monckton, English composer and critic († 1924)
• 1863 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria († 1914)
• 1867 » Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player and horse breeder († 1941)
• 1869 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator († 1965)
• 1870 » Saki, British short story writer († 1916)
• 1873 » Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1875 » Matt McGrath, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1941)
• 1878 » Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician, 4th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1953)

• 1829 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
• 1848 » Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)
• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Gerardus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Antje
14. Trijntje
15. Elizabeth
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
• April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
• June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
• August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
• December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

The temperature on December 18, 1865 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.